Welcome to another week's newsletter. There is a lot to report this week, with our continuation of Open Play, Menu changes, Coffee changes, a new members' section in the website not forgetting assistance from the Health Club Team. Enjoy the read.
Meanwhile in the shop, we have now had the full delivery of the new Titleist 915 woods and hybrids. Titleist in the past has been perceived as a players club and thus only catered for a small percentage of golfers. Do not be fooled. Over the last few years, Titleist have been becoming much more 'average' golfer friendly as well as still creating a model for the 'better' golfer. These new woods take this to the next level. These are by far the most forgiving woods that Titleist have developed while still reducing the amount of spin imparted on the ball. We have in stock a full quota of demo models and all you have to do is book an appointment with Calum and the GC2 launch monitor to see what suits you and if it can out perform your current driver. My money says it will!
Thinking of changing or upgrading your wedges? We also now have the full range of Cleveland and Vokey wedges with demo models to match. Come in and see us, take advantage of the FREE equipment check from your PGA Professionals and get a head start for the season ahead.
Dear Members,
Open Play
I am today delighted to announce an important contract extension with Crown Golf to continue with the Open Play golf scheme until April 2016.
Since we left Crown eighteen months ago we have worked closely with the management team to keep this relationship going as we know the benefits of remaining affiliated with the Group are important to many of you. We look forward to the continuation as a long-term partner with Crown so that our Members retain the benefits of playing golf for free on so many other courses.
The preservation of this relationship demonstrates our commitment to provide you with real membership value over and above our competitors. Essentially, our terms mirror those of Crown's so please click here to see the full details of the scheme. I also recommend that you print this off as evidence of the affiliation just in case a Crown Member of staff has been misinformed.
Kind regards,
Matthew Hazelden
General Manager
Member's Section of Website
We are in the process of updating the members' section of the web site and as part of that we want to make the site a better communication tool for all the golf club members. The new site allows Members to contact each other. There are strict rules in place that ensure only the information you choose to make visible are displayed but we encourage you to ensure that at least one contact number is visible to your fellow Member.
As such the standard feature will be to set your mobile numbers to be visible whilst your work & home numbers along with your address are private. If you want to change those settings you will be able to do so directly on the web site or contact me at memberships@cottesmoregolf.co.uk to help make the necessary changes for you.
Other benefits of the website include being able to enter competitions online, arranging golf games via the "Buddy" page and an altogether more user friendly modern looking site. We look forward to a go live in the coming days and we hope you enjoy the sites benefits.
Regards,
Andy Clements
Membership Manager
Coffee
Please come and try our all new coffee bean in the Gatwick Bar. For those coffee connoisseurs we believe it is an important step forward in taste and helps keep us abreast of the rapid changes that are taking place with coffee on the high street. In reaction to our recent feedback surveys we also want to offer a simpler quicker coffee, so we will be trialing a filter option at peak times to see if it meets with your approval. By the way it will be less expensive as well!
New Menu
The recent customer survey also threw up the opinion that there was a lack of variety on the menu. We actually have offered eight different specials on a weekly basis plus the daily specials, along with the standard menu all year.
However, we advertised the weekly specials in the main menu which Members could have construed was a fixed menu. We will now move all advertising of our specials to the blackboards to heighten awareness.
We hope to see you all soon,
Lisa & Elaine
Gym Challenge
January's gym challenge is proving to be the best yet with 100 members participating. Faye's team are leading at the moment racking up 164,375 to Matt's team combined total of 144,543. There is still plenty of time for maneuver so pick a team and burn some calories.
25% OFF or more on all Zoggs items
Swimwear and Goggles are on sale throughout January with massive reductions. Come into the Health club and take a look to see if you can grab yourself a bargain.
Cottesmore on YouTube
Visit this link to watch some of our latest videos.
Goal Setting
What better time of the year to set some goals. Using the 'SMART' goal setting acronym can help set goals. Just saying, 'I want to lose weight' just wont cut it! Here's how to set SMART goals:
Specific - exactly what do you want to achieve and why
Measurable - having a number in mind, for example, is essential to give you a real target, monitor progress and offer feedback.
Achievable - a goal needs to be attainable yet challenging
Relevance - is your goal related to what you really what to achieve.
Timely - setting a time limit or end date to reach your goal can bring about a sense of urgency and make you feel you need to take action now (compared to putting things off).
For example, "I am going to lose 5kgs of weight in 30 days (14th February) before my sister's wedding so that I look great in my suit." I think you will agree it is specific (and with a reason why), measurable, achievable, relevant and timely. Much better than simply saying "I want to lose weight!" Are your goals SMART?
For our ladies' and vets' news from the last week, please click here.
